---
id: CVE-2026-79708
title: >-
  GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 19.0
  before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain
  conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with developer permissions
  to …
summary: >-
  GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 19.0
  before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain
  conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with developer permissions
  to …
severity: high
cvss: 8.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-863
vendor: GitLab
product: GitLab
affected:
  - GitLab >= 19.0 < 19.1.8
  - GitLab >= 19.2 < 19.2.6
  - GitLab >= 19.3 < 19.3.2
published: '2026-09-16'
updated: '2026-09-16'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-16T19:23:34.623'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79708'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-3-2-released/
    label: cve@gitlab.com
  - url: 'https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/622477'
    label: cve@gitlab.com
  - url: 'https://hackerone.com/reports/3873243'
    label: cve@gitlab.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-09-16T15:38:28.529408Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-16T06:51:06.261Z'
epss: 0.0034
epssPercentile: 0.24673
---

## Overview

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 19.0 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with developer permissions to execute a policy test pipeline on projects within their group and access protected CI/CD variables restricted to higher-privileged roles, due to insufficient scope validation.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.